Protector for draft-timbers.



A. NORDEEN.

PROTECTOR FOB. DRAFT TIMBERS.

APPLIOATION FILED cums, 190s.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

Wfl ness e s:

ANDREW P. NORDEEN, OF MISSOURI VALLEY, IOWA.

PROTECTOR FOR DRAFT-TIMBERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

Application filed January 8, 1908. Serial N 0. 409,875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW P. NORDEEN, a subject of the King of Sweden,residing at Missouri Valley, in the county of Harrison and State ofIowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Protectorfor Draft-Timbers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful im rovements in aprotector for the ends of d faft timbers, such as are usedon cars ofvarious kinds, and'it consists in certain peculiarities of theconstruction, novel arrangement, and operation of the thereof, as willbe hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a protector for draft timberswhich shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, strong, durableand efiicient in operation,

and so made that it may be readily secured in place and in such a manneras to prevent the end of the timber on which it is secured becomingbattered or broken by reason of contacting with other timbers or partsof cars.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionpertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it,referring to the accompanying drawing, in

which I Figure 1 is aperspective view of a portion of two draft timbersof a car, showing their front ends equipped with protectors thereforembodying my invention, and illustrating by dotted lines the positionthe draw-head will occupy; Fig. 2 is a top lan view of a portion of oneof the draft tim ers, showing the protector secured thereon; Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1

looking in the direction indicated by the arrows; and Fig. 4 is adetached bottom perspective view of the protector.

Like numerals of reference, refer to corresponding parts throughout thedifferent views of' the drawing.

As my invention relates sim ly to means for protecting the ends of the gof cars, I have not deemed it necessary to elaborately illustrate the,car construction, but have only shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing twodraft timbers 5-5 which are located in parallelism with one another inthe usual manner on the car-frame, and have at their parts timbers, willbe locate ners of said timbers, which corners may be raft timbers frontportions a transverse sill or beam 6, which is commonly known as thedead wood, and which is secured to the draft timbers 55 by means ofbolts 7 extended through suitable openings inthe piece 6 and timbers 5,as well as in the top portion of the protector.

Fitted on the front end of each of the draft timbers 5 is a protector 8therefor, which may be made of any suitable size and material, butpreferably of malleable cast iron, and substantially of the form shownin the drawing. That is to say, the protector is formed box-like inshape and has a rectangular cavity 9 in which the end of the drafttimber is fitted.

As shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing, in which view I have illustrated theprotector in an inverted position, it will be understood that the bottomand rear end of the protector '8-is left open while its front end isformed with a vertically extending and rounded enlargement 10 on itsouter surface, while the interior of the cavity 9 at said corner isformed with two obtuse angles 11, thus furnishing a thickened portion12, which when the protectors are in position on the draft at theadjacent corcut away as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2

to correspond in shape with the angles 11 of the cavity of theprotector. The rear portion of each of the side walls of the protectoris provided with an opening 13 through which a bolt 14 is passed tosecure the rotector in place on the timber. The top 0 the protector isalso provided with o enings 15 for the reception of the bolts 7 wiichare used for securing the dead timber in position.

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawing it will be seen andclearly understood that by employing a device embodying my invention avery convenient-and durable rotector for draft timbers is furnished andone that can be readily applied to the timbers or removed therefrom,when desired.

Having thus fully What I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is

1. As an improved article of manufacture, a protector for draft timbersconsisting of a box-like body having its rear end and bottom open andprovided at its front end with simple, inexpensive,

described my invention,

a vertically disposed enlargement located at one of the corners of thehody, the cavity one of the corners of the body. of the body beingformed with ohtuse angles 2. As an improved article of manufacture, nearthe said enlargement. a protector for draft timbers consisting of aANDREW P. NORDEEN. 5 box-like body having its rear end and bot-Witnesses:

tom open and. provided at its front end with ERIC J OIINSON,

a vertically disposed enlargement located at l WM. NORDEEN.

